EuropaCorp CEO Marc Shmuger is leaving the company at the end of December, the executive told employees today in a Paris meeting. Luc Besson will assume the role on an interim basis at the start of 2018.
Shmuger, who is simply playing out his most recent contract extension, will serve as a senior advisor to the company going forward. He’ll also continue to produce EuropaCorp’s feature film “Anna,” which is being directed by Besson and distributed in many territories worldwide by Lionsgate.
EuropaCorp is the company behind “The Nice Guys,” “The Founder” and box office bomb “Valerian,” among other movies.